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31 October 2017

Episode 1557

We discuss Iraq’s increasingly assertive attempts to impose itself on Kurdistan, as well as what changes when France lifts the state of emergency only to replace it with tough terror laws. Plus: what will Burberry be without Christopher Bailey?

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